Wednesday, December 18, 2002

REED NAMED TO ALL-AMERICA FIRST TEAM
Bernardo Receives Honorable Mention

Senior kicker Chris Reed of the Muhlenberg football team has been named a
first-team Division III All-American by the American Football Coaches
Association.

Reed is the first Mule to be named to the AFCA team  the only
All-America
team chosen by coaches  since wide receiver Rob Lokerson in 1993. He
is
the first placekicker in program history to earn All-America honors.

Reed, also named to the Hewlett Packard All-America first team (chosen by
sports information directors), had a Division III-leading 16 field goals,
including seven from 40 yards or more, with a long of 49. He also
converted 49 extra points in 51 attempts. Reed set school records for
kickers for points in a game (18), season (97) and career (202); PATs in a
season (49) and career (124); consecutive PATs (38); and field goals in a
season.

As a member of the AFCA All-America team, Reed was invited to play in the
Aztec Bowl in Torreon, Mexico, last Saturday. He kicked an extra point in
his lone attempt in the United States 15-9 win against a team of
Mexican
college all-stars.

Junior running back Matt Bernardo received
honorable mention on the Hewlett Packard All-America team. He rushed for
1,393 yards and 17 touchdowns, caught 32 passes for 340 yards and four
touchdowns and returned 14 kickoffs for an average of 31.4 yards with one
touchdown.

Bernardo rushed for at least 100 yards in nine of the Mules 12 games
and
broke his own school record with 22 total touchdowns. He also became the
programs all-time leader in rushing yards (3,140), rushing touchdowns
(50), total touchdowns (57) and points (342) during the season. Bernardo
ranks 11th in Division III in scoring and all-purpose yards and 30th in
rushing.

Muhlenberg finished the 2002 season with a record of 10-2, tied for the
Centennial Conference championship and advanced to the second round of the
NCAA playoffs. This is the fourth straight season that the Mules have had
at least one player named to an All-America team.